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the said Original Charter being then produced and read in Court
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the said Harrogate thought proper to reject the said Allegation and
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to Condemns
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in this Behalf for
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the Corporation in Costs And that Thereupon by the Advice of
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the said Doctor Paul and Doctor Hay an Appeal was inter-
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posed and prosecuted before the
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George Lee
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Dean
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of the Arches
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before whom the said Cause of Appeal came to be
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heard on Monday the 22d Day of June last when after long and so-
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lomns Arguments of Counsel on both sides the said Dean of the Arches
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having fully considered the said Charter and the Allegation pleading
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the Exemptions granted thereby and claimed against the Swearing
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in of the said Church Wardens and considering Church Wardens as Parochial Officers whom
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Parishoners Have a Right by Law to Elect and observing
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that No Part of the Exemptions from Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
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hereby granted to the Church Did extend to the Office of Church
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Warden the same not being mentioned therein He therefore
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rejected the Allegation and affirmed the Decree appeal'd from &
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condemn'd the said Syndick in Ten pounds Cost And as We
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apprehend and are advised that the Distinction made by the said
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Sr. George Lee between the Exemption granted by the said Charter
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to the Church and Minister and the Exemptions Claimed
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with Regard to the Office of Church Warden is just & founded
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in Law. We therefore Conceive that it is most advisable for this
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Corporation to acquiesee under this Determination relating to the
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Church WardensBut we are advised and clearly of
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Opinion that as the said Church & the Minister thereof are
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exempted from any Ecclesiastical Visitation or Jurisdiction whatsoever
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by the express Words of the Charter. This Corporation ought to
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Oppose any Attempt which may be made at any future Time
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to Subject the said Church or Minister to any Ecclesiastical
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Jurisdiction or Visitation And to maintain to the utmost of
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their Power the several Rights Priviledges & Exemptions
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granted to this Corporation by their Royal Founder and
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which they have hitherto quietly & uninterruptedly enjoyed
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Gratuity to the
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Reward
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We taking Notice that Mr.
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Jonathan Welch
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the
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Steward
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of this Hospital hath behaved himself diligently for the
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year past do recommend it to this Court that he may have a Gratuity
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of Ten Pounds paid him by Mr. Treasurer
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